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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · 21d

Come and join us for a #GlowRide! Help highlight the safety issues women face while cycling. #MyRideOurRight

Registration link below ⬇️

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · Jul 1

Another piece of sh!te cycling infrastructure the @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk dreamed up. Comes in handy as a parking spot though. 👏🏻 #poordesign #zeroenforcement #illonlybeaminute #belfast #activetravel #climateaction @greenpartyni.org @sdlp.bsky.social @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · Jun 21

“I’m only waiting on the recycling centre to open” Sh!te cycle network design and lack of enforcement enables this excuse. @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Jun 24

Read all about Belfast's first #KidicalMass cycle ride.

Tldr: a soggy triumph!

belfastcyclecampaign.com/campaigns/f/...

Kiddical Mass......In the rain!

To be fair the rain stopped just in time for the ride, though not early enough to protect the Marshalls from what seems to be an epidemic of raincoats that have lost their waterproofness!

belfastcyclecampaign.com

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Jun 13

North Belfast Feeder ride ready to join Ride On Belfast ##ROB25
@cycul.bsky.social

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why-not-bikes.bsky.social @why-not-bikes.bsky.social · Jun 11

Just some kids biking to school on a #bikebus in Portland, Oregon...with the #unipiper

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · Jun 11

Bike Week in Belfast. No cycle lane + no bus lane = traffic congestion. But hey Happy Cycling. 🙄 #getinthesea @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk #bikeweek2025 #climateaction @sustrans.bsky.social @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Jun 11

Make Cars Small Again 😉

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted vehicles are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example

www.theguardian.com

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Jun 10

HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY!!!

Don't miss out! Be a part of Belfast's first Kidical Mass 🎉

Register below

Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Apr 29

📣 Kidical Mass is coming to Belfast 🥳

Come and join our inclusive, family friendly, mass cycle ride.

Sat June 14th 1.30pm
Meet at Nuala with the Hula
Ride ends at Friends of the Field (Lower Botanic Park)

Event free, but registration required:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1299225822...

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · Jun 5

Bus lanes - in the absence of cycling infrastructure - have a purpose. But here we are on Ormeau during bus lane operational times…cyclist being forced out. Get in the sea @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social #activetravel #climateaction

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · Jun 10

Cycling and Coffee. Two simple pleasures. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social #bikeweek2025

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · Jun 3

Will be interesting to hear the outcomes @cycul.bsky.social @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @andccg.bsky.social

Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · Jun 3

Last week our CEO & Head of Campaigns joined our NI Engagement Officer for a day of meetings in Belfast. From
@sustrans.bsky.social NI to Stormont with Peter McReynolds MLA, and a milestone first meeting with Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins MLA — all steps forward for cycling in NI 💬

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 29

This is some of the most cost-effective infrastructure out there.

The investment is minimal, the returns are huge.

What is stopping us?
@deptinfra.bsky.social

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · May 29

In 2017, Gdańsk installed some planter boxes, wooden furniture and bike racks on Grobla IV, and—with the revolutionary act of curbing traffic—created its first “school street”. It is now a vibrant public space used by residents of all ages at all hours of the day. Total cost to the taxpayer: €6,000.

People of all ages and abilities walk, cycle, and sit along a “school street”—a pedestrian zone populated with planter boxes, wooden furniture, and bike racks—in the historic city centre of Gdansk

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 29

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · May 29

The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly.
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The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly

The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.

momentummag.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 29

"Bike lanes restrict road space. Bike lanes have turned streets into parking lots, with residents unable to shop, get kids to events, and seriously impact emergency services & Wheel-Trans."

Actually, no. 100% wrong. Car dependency & too much driving with increasingly large vehicles does all that.

Bikeway construction on The Esplanade draws community controversy | CBC News

Some downtown residents say they are opposed to a bikeway on The Esplanade but the city of Toronto says more than half of respondents it consulted four years ago said they supported the project.

www.cbc.ca

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · May 29

How many cigarettes worth of air pollution are kids breathing in during school drop off and pick up? School streets should be car-free.

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · May 26

If your city can afford to build roads everywhere, it can afford to build cycle networks too. It’s not about money — it’s about priorities. It’s a political choice

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 24

Three weeks until Belfast's first Kidical Mass!!

Get your (free) tickets. Don't miss out!!

Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Apr 29

📣 Kidical Mass is coming to Belfast 🥳

Come and join our inclusive, family friendly, mass cycle ride.

Sat June 14th 1.30pm
Meet at Nuala with the Hula
Ride ends at Friends of the Field (Lower Botanic Park)

Event free, but registration required:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1299225822...

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IdeaspaceNI @ideaspaceni.bsky.social · May 24

Ill be joining Wildflower Alley to showcase the murals commissioned for their 10th Anniversary. Come and see the Urban Art truck, which was designed to bring art to small green spaces such as alleys via ebike. 😀

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 16

This is what I find time and time again on the bike.

You make connections. You feel part of the city. It changes your relationship with where you live.

Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · May 15

Throw back to last year when I was cycling through Amsterdam and a gang of 5-year-olds ambushed me with high fives - you don’t get moments like that when everyone’s in a car! When cities are built for people, people connect.

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 16

Yvette 🇨🇦 @imeating.bsky.social · May 16

Studies everywhere have shown that pedestrianizing business districts doesn't mean the death of businesses - in fact, it's the exact opposite

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 16

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks to BBC NI for highlighting this issue.

Cycle lanes have to be car free (at a minimum) to encourage cyclists of all abilities to get around by bike!

Dom Bryan @domsball.bsky.social · May 5

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Belfast still feels a long way from being a place with safe cycle infrastructure. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social @deptinfra.bsky.social

Belfast: Sharp rise in parking fines for mandatory cycle lanes

The lanes are at road level and are separated from the rest of the carriageway by solid kerbing or bollards, or a solid white line.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ally @ally80.bsky.social · May 4

A traffic free Royal Avenue. If it can be done for Belfast Marathon - why not trial it every Sunday?!? @healthybelfast.bsky.social @sdlp.bsky.social @niplanner.bsky.social @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social

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IdeaspaceNI @ideaspaceni.bsky.social · May 5

Didn't know this existed. @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social Nice to see.

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Belfast Cycle Campaign @belfastcyclecam.bsky.social · Apr 29

📣 Kidical Mass is coming to Belfast 🥳

Come and join our inclusive, family friendly, mass cycle ride.

Sat June 14th 1.30pm
Meet at Nuala with the Hula
Ride ends at Friends of the Field (Lower Botanic Park)

Event free, but registration required:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1299225822...

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